Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus [1978] (2 x CD's)

LITTLE FEET

Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus [1978] (2 x CD's)

Waiting for Columbus is the first live album by the band Little Feat, recorded during seven performances in 1977. The first four shows were held at the Rainbow Theatre in London on August 1–4, 1977. The final three shows were recorded the following week at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C. on August 8–10. Local Washington radio personality Don "Cerphe" Colwell can be heard leading the audience in a "F-E-A-T" spellout in between the first ("Join the Band") and second ("Fat Man in the Bathtub") tracks.

The band were backed by the Tower of Power horn section with whom they had recorded for their 1974 album Feats Don't Fail Me Now. The result was one of their biggest selling albums.

Many of their more well-known songs were either re-worked or extended. For instance, one of their signature songs, "Dixie Chicken", was heavily extended to include a lengthy piano solo by keyboardist Bill Payne, a Dixieland horn arrangement and finally a dual guitar jam between the band's two guitarists, Lowell George and Paul Barrère. In some cases, songs such as "Rocket in My Pocket" and "Mercenary Territory" were re-worked to include the horn section, and Little Feat additionally covered such tunes as Fraternity of Man's "Don't Bogart That Joint" and Allen Toussaint's "On Your Way Down" (which had also appeared on 1973's Dixie Chicken album). Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor makes a guest appearance playing slide guitar on "A Apolitical Blues". The band recorded and mixed enough material from these performances for a triple LP, but for marketing reasons kept it to a double album. Three of the unused tracks were included on their 1981 album Hoy-Hoy!.  (Wikipedia)

And as far as live albums go, this is probably the most amazing "you are there" experience you'll ever hear. Production and performances are flawless,  you almost feel that these songs were really only meant to be done live.

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Track lists

CD1

01 Little Feat Join The Band 1:52

02 Little Feat Fat Man in the Bathtub 4:54

03 Little Feat All That You Dream 4:29

04 Little Feat Oh Atlanta 4:18

05 Little Feat Old Folks' Boogie 4:37

06 Little Feat Time Loves a Hero 4:17

07 Little Feat Day or Night 5:28

08 Little Feat Mercenary Territory 4:34

09 Little Feat Spanish Moon 5:34

CD2

01 Little Feat Dixie Chicken 8:58

02 Little Feat Tripe Face Boogie 7:07

03 Little Feat Rocket in my Pocket 3:51

04 Little Feat Willin´ 4:51

05 Little Feat Don't Bogart That Joint 1:01

06 Little Feat A Apolitical Blues 3:50

07 Little Feat Sailin' Shoes 6:21

08 Little Feat Feats Don't Fail Me Now 5:33

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